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He was a legendary character. He dwarfed the other guys (noted whales the Sultan of Brunei and Adnan Khashoggi , the arms dealer). Kerry played higher, and he played for 40 years.


Bobby Baldwin

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KELLY JONES Alex, Carson, and Bobby all played higher seeds and won. The accomplishments by those guys were huge...
MARC SIEVING He's never been afraid to try things higher and higher, even when he was young and dwarfed by the si...
TONY HAWK He was absolutely dominant, ... He controlled the tempo and played a wonderful hockey game. A lot of...
KEN HITCHCOCK When I played Bobby Fischer, my opponent fought against organizations - the television producers and...
BORIS SPASSKY He was so pleased in the manner in which guys played. From a personal standpoint, he had to feel so ...
JAMES DICKEY He's a game player. The bigger the game, the better he played. Against Florida here two years ago, h...
MIKE ARCHER He played like a warrior. ... Making those free throws and all, he played his tail off. And there's ...
TOM IZZO He hustled, plain and simply. He played hard. He was one of the guys that played like he normally pl...
SIDNEY LOWE He played really well. He moved the puck, and he was solid defensively. He played like I was expecti...
MICHEL THERRIEN Relaxing, experiencing nature and laughing are what rejuvenate me and make me feel happy. I believe ...
SUI HE Since raised blood pressure is the major cause of stroke, the blood pressure lowering effect of pota...
FENG HE As a young child, I suffered from poor health. My parents encouraged me to swim, which really improv...
SUI HE I like to find old things
and I picked up that arrowhead
in tears, that broken point
...
LI HE These findings provide strong support for the recommendations encouraging the public to consume more...
FENG HE The average fruit and vegetable intake in most developed countries is about three servings per day, ...
FENG HE They are the Chinese heroes. I am happy for their performance and the result is not the most importa...
HE ZHENLIANG This will be conducive to the development of Sino-US relations and China's relationships with the re...
HE YAFEI The best way to resolve Sino-US trade imbalance is to expand bilateral trade cooperation. Restrictin...
HE YAFEI They are sorry there is no more Soviet Union and they don't know how to act.
HE YAFEI We are willing to import more U.S. goods.
HE YAFEI Even when he's making dumplings with peasants, he speaks memorized words and sounds like a People's ...
HE WEIFANG This is a critical moment. There is a lot of opposition to continuing the reforms as they are today.
HE WEIFANG I unequivocally state the wish that the Communist Party should become two parties.
HE WEIFANG The situation exists in almost every well-known Chinese university.
HE WEIFANG The government really wants to slow down investment, but it can't control local governments who have...
HE FAN The new managed floating currency regime is just an interim system. There is a chance of a further w...
HE FAN Eventually, we found that the situation there was more serious than what we imagined.
HE CHANGCHUI Part of our mission is to find out what kind of assistance is required.
HE CHANGCHUI You know if he played for Mickey Andrews that he is one of the toughest guys there is. If you played...
KIRBY SMART He's for you and wants to help you be the person He created you to be.
CRAIG GROESCHEL He did a tremendous job in the spring. He played last year. He played against Boise State (8 for 16,...
DICK TOMEY He was the difference for them. We had a lot of shots and he played excellent.
BILL TORNI I liked the way he played. He played the puck and was really active with his stick, really acrobatic...
ED BELFOUR I think the first part of the season, he was new to the league and he was feeling his responsibiliti...
BUDDY BAILEY The bigger points, he played better. He played more relaxed and more confident than I was.
IVAN LJUBICIC I thought a big difference tonight was Casey Moore. He played at a much higher level tonight than in...
LARRY EPPERLY When Buddy played, he played all out, all the time. It was a wonder he didn't keel over and die befo...
AL HIRT I thought he (Wilson) played. He played through the pain and played with heart.
JOE STASYSZYN I want the presence of God Himself, or I don't want anything at all to do with religion... I want al...
A.W. TOZER He was a guy who had a lot of character within the game of baseball and played the game right, playe...
JAY BELL Joe Johnson played an excellent game. He scored when they needed him to score. He distributed the ba...
TONY BATTIE When Buddy played, he played all out, all the time. It was a wonder he didn't keel over and die ...
AL HIRT This is the best Walsh has played all year. He was very aggressive. He was going right at those big ...
MATT COUTE I thought Jeremy played pretty steady for us. He played a lot of minutes and he just had a great gam...
DAVE NEWTON He was the only person caught in the collapse, and afterward, most of his work was recovered too, an...
WILLIAM GADDIS He did an outstanding job, he played hard. He was in competition for quarterback last year. But he w...
ANDY FRYE Eli was extremely poised. He knew exactly what he was coming into, he was focused and he didn't let ...
TOM COUGHLIN He plays both (at tackle and end) for us. It's harder to find inside guys. Great first step, gets of...
BOB WAGNER He's just a good guy. Easy to get along with, very likable, and he played hard and played the game r...
GREG MADDUX My dad was in the military, yeah. He was in the Air Force, and he was a doctor, so he would go place...
FELICIA DAY The Doktor was an old man. When he was a kid, his Dad bought him a chemistry set. He never played wi...
CHRISTINA ENGELA He played great. He played awesome on nickel and with the inside linebackers.
BRYAN WHITE I think Anthony went out and does what he does best. He got another win. I think he played well. We ...
DARRIN HORN Hill was a great player. They would have the championship the following year if Bobby Joe hadn't got...
JOE GOMEZ I think the greatest all-around athlete ever was Jim Brown. He played lacrosse, basketball and ran t...
WILL MCDONOUGH He was popular she was smart, she wore glasses he wore dark shades and played the guitar, she was lo...
DAVID BENTO GUERRA (Williams) played well, and he got it done for them. He hit all the big shots, got into the paint wh...
AL HARRINGTON Bryan played the first 40 minutes and he came through alright. He was very rusty but he did quite we...
IAN MILLWARD He was certainly versatile. He played everything from point guard to post-up center, and he played i...
GREG ALLEN Jimmy Baldwin was the creator of contemporary American speech even before Americans could dig that. ...
AMIRI BARAKA He actually got a shutout the last game he played and has played very, very well. He's been playing ...
GUY GADOWSKY He played terrific. Like he hadn't missed a beat. He handled the ground balls in the field flawlessl...
JIM TRACY Ron played well. He played within the team framework and played hard. He made good decisions and tri...
DAN BURKE All my momma's people were very musical. My grandpa, who was the Pentecostal minister, he was a ...
DOLLY PARTON Jack was a monster. He led us in scoring, but beyond that the number of rebounds he got and the defe...
ED CANGE Charlie Hampton was the spitting image of Charlie Parker. He could have been his twin brother. He pl...
STEVE NOVOSEL He's helped me a lot. He always gave me pointers and tips. He would come to games, and he was my big...
KYLE MCKENZIE I was very pleased with the way a lot of our guys played tonight. Adam played the way I know he can....
JAMIE MULLEN He read it off the ball well and he played it well. He was in perfect position.
MARK VOGEL He didn't see a lot of shots, but he played neat and tidy and was strong in the third period.
DAVE ALLISON He played amazing with those four birdies on the first five holes, ... He played awesome today. Ther...
MICHELLE WIE I would go anywhere to see Brooks Robinson. He was the best third baseman ever. Nobody played third ...
JERRY CARTER He played for the Canadians, and I played for the Nepean Knights. We played an exhibition game, and ...
JESSE PALMER Brandon beats a lot of guys with his technique and skill. He played with Greg and Charlie since he w...
JENN HENDERSON It was really fun. Well, Bobby was just basically a folk singer. He didn't play with any bands o...
BARRY MCGUIRE He was a tough out. You know you're getting old when some of the guys you played against are your co...
BRIAN MOEHLER Beno was waiting for an opportunity to play and tonight he got one and he performed and provided a s...
BRENT BARRY (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes...
JEAN SASSON (Cermak) did a great job. I'm proud of the way he played. He was solid and consistent across the who...
JAY HORTON He didn't say specifically why he played so great, except he was playing well and putting well. That...
CAREY HAZELL Stop running from me and listen. I do want you. I want you even knowing if I marry you, I’ve got a...
LISA KLEYPAS Their goalie played extremely well. He played like he was standing on his head.
JOE AHERN Think what he could've done with two good legs. Just about every time we played, he was head and sho...
GEORGE MCCARTIN We knew each other and played outside together. He was nice but he always pulled my hair in school a...
ANTONIA LOPEZ I played with him two years in the minor leagues. He always was a good hitter. Always, man.
JOSE REYES Robbie is probably the fastest kid on the team, and has a beautiful touch. He has played everywhere ...
JIM WILLIS I can't remember a freshman I've coached that has stepped on the field as a freshman and played how ...
CHARLIE WILLIAMS Hugh was a fine boy. He was a good all- American boy. He was tall, slender and played basketball. He...
FRED BYRD He played really well, and showed that he can cover a lot of the net.
GLENN WALSH He played like he played all year.
GIL HASKELL He's only 4 years old, so I don't think he realized, you know, that I played so many years. ...
MARIO LEMIEUX Marc [Denis] was huge tonight. He played a great game and made some great saves. His last two games ...
GERARD GALLANT He played intense from start to finish. He stepped up, played with courage, intensity and leadership...
LIBBY DUTTON He was the leader of the defensive unit. His plan was to have a great game. He played flawlessly. Ev...
HANS KLEINSCHMIDT This was the best four quarters he's played all season long. He just played like he wanted the ball ...
BRIAN BECHTEL We have tears in our eyes
As we wave our goodbyes,
We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL When he worked, he really worked. But when he played, he really PLAYED.
DR. SEUSS A lot of guys said he was off the wall, he's crazy. I found him to be a guy with a lot of energy. He...
FRANK ROBINSON He was an exceptional leader who was unselfish, hardworking and dedicated. He truly loved the game. ...
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JAMES BALDWIN People can cry much easier than they can change.
JAMES BALDWIN The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an immediate knowledge of its ugly si...
JAMES BALDWIN The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, ...
JAMES BALDWIN All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forc...
JAMES BALDWIN Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to one's beliefs, and the equal impossibilit...
JAMES BALDWIN We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied ...
JAMES BALDWIN The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him.
JAMES BALDWIN Rage cannot be hidden, it can only be dissembled. This dissembling deludes the thoughtless, and stre...
JAMES BALDWIN Americans, unhappily, have the most remarkable ability to alchemize all bitter truths into an innocu...
JAMES BALDWIN I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.
ALEC BALDWIN Everything in life depends on how that life accepts its limits.
JAMES BALDWIN He may be a very nice man. But I haven't got the time to figure that out. All I know is, he's got a ...
JAMES BALDWIN The American ideal, after all, is that everyone should be as much alike as possible.
JAMES BALDWIN Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated and this was an immut...
JAMES BALDWIN What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity f...
MONICA BALDWIN The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by the answers.
JAMES BALDWIN I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason.
STANLEY BALDWIN For I am—or I was—one of those people who pride themselves in on their willpower, on their abili...
JAMES BALDWIN